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A version of this archives appears in print on February 8, 1911, on Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: COUNTRY GENTLEMAN SOLD.; Cyrus H.K. Curtis Buys America's Oldest Agricultural Weekly. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe